The city's beleaguered former technology chief reached an agreement with the Nagin administration Wednesday that allows him to collect several months of back pay and have his termination expunged from his record in exchange for his resignation.
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"I wanted my record cleared," [Anthony] Jones, 39, said afterward. "I'm a technologist with 25 years experience."
After taking the helm of the tech office in early 2007, Jones was a nearly constant source of controversy. Critics complained Jones, who lacked a college degree, was unqualified for the post, which carries an annual salary of about $160,000. He also claimed falsely on at least one occasion to have a degree.
An internal audit also accused him of taking an illegal gratuity from Ciber Inc., a city technology vendor, in the form of a trip to Colorado.
He also was one of several people with a hand in overseeing the city's troubled crime-camera program, and he recently testified before a federal grand jury investigating the camera contracts.
Thursday, October 01, 2009
Little Einstein
I want to thank the T-P for placing Mr. Jones' age right before his "technologist" quote.
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c'mon jonesy. yeesh.
It did not go unnoticed either. Two random persons visiting the library today picked up the paper, read that story, addressed us at the desk and said, "What did he start when he was 14?" Seriously. Complete strangers took it upon themselves to remark on that to us. Weird day. But effective reporting.
Yeah, but the phrase, "The city's beleaguered former technology chief," implies that we have only one of those.
Maybe he based his resume off Matthew Broderick's character the WarGames.
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